Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Anne Wortham (1941- )
Washington counties
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Lodie Biggs (?-?)
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Leonard “Kip” Rhinelander Trial (1925)
Benny Napoleon
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Benny Napoleon (1955-2020)

Explore Global African History

Black musicians, Lisbon, Portugal, ca. 1522
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The Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History
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(1860) Frederick Douglass, “The Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”
Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra
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Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra (1922-2014)
The Hon. Dr. Eric Eustace Williams
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Eric Eustace Williams (1911-1981)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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What Comes Naturally: The Loving v. Virginia Case in Historical Perspective
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation
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Dating Harriet Jacobs: Why Birthdates Matter to Historians
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The Tie Breaker Ruling in Perspective: A Plaintiff Looks Back on the Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision of 2007

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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